Several area breweries closed around Charleston in 2024, while several others announced or went through with expansions.
As with the Charleston restaurant scene, the brewery scene is a living, breathing organism that operates best with loyal customers. If you like a brewery, be sure to drink there!
Here’s what’s happened in Charleston beer this year:
- Tradesman Brewing Co., Fatty’s Beer Works, Wind & Waves Brewing and Brewlab closed their taprooms in 2024.
- Both Tradesman and Fatty’s continue to distribute their beer; you can follow both businesses on social media to see where to find their brews.
- Ghost Monkey Brewery moved to 2225 Old School Drive, North Charleston, this past year, sharing a space with Striped Pig Distillery.
- Charles Towne Fermentory opened its third location this year. CTF’s James Island location joins its OG Avondale and West Ashley beer garden locations.
- Johns Island’s Low Tide Brewing announced that it will be moving to a larger location in the future. Low Tide will move into a 26,800-square-foot facility at 0 Beer Garden Way on Johns Island by mid-2026.
- Wyrd Sisters Brewing just opened its taproom and nanobrewery last month in Park Circle.
- Revelry Brewing technically opened its Folly Beach outpost at the very end of 2023, but it’s worth noting in our roundup of area breweries that continue to expand.
- Two brewpubs opened in pretty fun locations this year. Head to Summerville’s Wood’s Ace Hardware for a beer, wine or seltzer in the hardware store’s beer garden, Bolts & Brews. You can also sip on craft brews at a dog park with the addition of North Charleston’s The Broken Leash.
- Over The Horizon Brewing opened in the space formerly occupied by Brewlab last fall. The brewery is a gathering space for local veterans (and beer lovers of all stripes!) and serves cocktails and food in addition to craft beer.
- Breweries continue to offer food in abundance. You can find our full list of food-centric breweries online, but be sure to check out some places that opened this past year, including da Fugazzi in Revelry Brewing, and Swig & Swine’s latest outpost in Commonhouse Aleworks.
- Charleston beer won big at the Great American Beer Festival in 2024. With tens of thousands of submissions from all over the country, Holy City Brewing, Hobcaw Brewing and Munkle Brewing brought home four medals among them.
- The Charleston Beer Fest returned to Riverfront Park this year, proving that beer festivals are, despite some reports, alive and well. In 2023, Axios wrote: “The death of the beer festival is jolting the craft brewing industry.” And yet, Charleston’s homegrown festival movement continues to thrive, with an ever increasing number of participating breweries.
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